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- the present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and in particular to a backlight control device and method of a liquid crystal display device.
- LCD liquid crystal display
- FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a backlight control device of a related art LCD.
- the backlight control device includes a backlight lamp 3 mounted on the back of an LCD 1 to emit light, and a translucent mirror 2 having an intermittent form with multiple slits evenly spread out is mounted in between the backlight lamp 3 and the LCD 1 to enable use of light sources from both the backlight lamp 3 and external or ambient light.
- a light-sensor 4 measures intensity of the external or surrounding light
- an A/D converter 5 converts an electric signal, detected and generated by the light-sensor 4 , into a digital signal.
- a power supply 7 converts the battery power or the external power source into a fixed amount driving current and then supplies the driving current to the backlight lamp 3 .
- a microcomputer 6 selectively stops the driving current to the backlight lamp 3 according to the intensity of surrounding light detected by the light-sensor 4 and the A/D converter 5 .
- a keyboard 9 is for a user to provide input via keys, and a keyboard controller 8 is for outputting key values, in correspondence with the key inputs, through the microcomputer 6 .
- An LCD type which can utilize light sources from the backlight lamp 3 and the external light by placing the translucent mirror 2 in between the LCD 1 and the backlight lamp 3 , is normally referred to as a reflective liquid crystal display.
- the power supply 7 uses an inverter to convert power into the driving current having the fixed amount.
- the power supply 7 converts and supplies power into the fixed amount driving current, for example, a minimum of 1 mA to a maximum of 6 mA current, according to control of the microcomputer 6 .
- the driving current then either emits the backlight lamp 3 , or the driving current of the backlight lamp 3 is selectively cut-off according to control of the microcomputer 6 .
- the microcomputer 6 operates and controls the power supply 7 , as described above, to cut-off the power supplied into the backlight lamp 3 . Therefore, when the external light is enough to maintain the brightness of the reflective LCD, unnecessary use of battery power, that is used to emit the backlight, is prevented.
- An object of the invention is to solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described hereinafter.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a backlight control device and method for an LCD to control the backlight operation depending on an intensity of surrounding light within a selected backlight control range that is selected from a plurality of backlight control ranges.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a backlight control device and method for an LCD that controls backlight operations depending on an intensity of surrounding light within a selected backlight control range that is selected from backlight control ranges that are determined into various levels according to the intensity of surrounding light and use of a battery or an external power source.
- a backlight control device of an LCD in accordance with the present invention includes a backlight device that is capable of providing light to a display, a single light-sensor, wherein the single light sensor detects intensity of the ambient light, a power supply that selects either a battery or an external power source as a power source to provide driving power of the backlight device, a power source detector that detects the power source that provides the driving power of the backlight device and a backlight control device that comprises a control unit that controls the power supply to apply a backlight driving current in proportion to the detected intensity of the ambient light within a selected one of a plurality of backlight control ranges, wherein the plurality of backlight control ranges are designated into levels according to the ambient light intensity and the power source.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a backlight control device of a related art LCD
- FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a backlight control device of an LCD according to the present invention
- FIGS. 3 a and 3 b are diagrams that show backlight control ranges, and exemplary backlight driving current having a prescribed relationship to intensity of surrounding light of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a preferred embodiment of an LCD backlight control method according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a backlight control device of an LCD according to the present invention.
- the backlight control device includes an LCD 11 , a backlight 13 , a translucent mirror 12 , a light-sensor 14 , an A/D converter 15 , a power supply 17 , a keyboard 19 and a keyboard controller 19 , which are similar to related art described above with reference to FIG. 1. Accordingly, a detailed description is omitted here.
- an inverter can be used to convert and supply power of a fixed amount from the battery or the external power. Further, the power supply 17 , in accordance with control of the microcomputer 16 , can convert power from the battery or the external power into the fixed amount driving current, for example, having a value between a minimum or reduced driving current of 1 mA and a maximum or high driving current of 6 mA to illuminate the backlight.
- a control range is to be selected from the backlight control ranges that are defined into various levels preferably in accordance with the intensity of surrounding light detected by the light-sensor 14 and the source power detected by the power source detector 20 .
- exemplary backlight control ranges are defined into various table numbers (e.g., Table Number # 1 , # 2 , # 3 , # 4 ) when stored into the memory 21 .
- the control data for setting the backlight control range up to a maximum of 50% is stored for the case where a battery is being used as a source power, and the detected current, in correspondence with the intensity of surrounding light, meets the value of a Level 2 standard by being between 10 mA and 14 mA.
- the control data for setting the backlight control range up to maximum of 25% is stored, in the case where a battery is being used as a source power, and the detected current, in correspondence with the intensity of surrounding light, meets the value of a Level 3 standard by being between 15 mA and 20 mA.
- the above ranges can be increased in number or have alternative maximums and therefore are not intended to limit the preferred embodiments of the present invention.
- the data of the backlight driving current value which is preferably inversely proportional to the intensity of surrounding light detected by the light-sensor, is stored into the memory 21 .
- the present invention is not intended to be so limited as other relationships could be defined therebetween.
- the backlight driving current is shown in the form of a graph.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a preferred embodiment of an LCD backlight control method according to the present invention.
- the preferred embodiment of the LCD backlight control method for example, can be performed by the backlight control device of FIG. 2, and will be described with reference to the same.
- the present invention is not intended to be so limited.
- the power source detector 20 detects whether the power supplied into a system is from a battery or from external power, then outputs it through the microcomputer 16 . Further, moreover, the light-sensor 14 outputs an electric signal that corresponds to the intensity of surrounding light, preferably through the A/D converter 15 , and the A/D converter 15 converts the electric signal into a digital signal for transmitting to the microcomputer 16 (step S 10 ).
- the source power being used as the system power, and the intensity of surrounding light are known in the microcomputer 16 .
- the microcomputer 16 preferably searches through the memory 21 , verifies the backlight control range of the table number # 1 that corresponds with the condition and then sets the backlight control range to the corresponding range, e.g., up to the maximum of 100%.
- the backlight driving current value which is preferably inversely proportional to the detected intensity of surrounding light, is searched and extracted from the memory 21 .
- the backlight control operation is performed to apply the driving current, in correspondence with the extracted driving current value and backlight control range, into the backlight 13 via the power supply 17 (step S 12 ).
- an automatic control operation described previously, which varies the driving current that is applied into the backlight 13 is preferably optional and can be ignored.
- the microcomputer 16 searches through the memory 21 , verifies the backlight control range of the table number # 3 that corresponds with the condition and sets the backlight control range up to a maximum of 50%. Then, the backlight driving current value, which is preferably inversely proportional to the detected intensity of surrounding light, is searched and extracted from the memory 21 . Then, the backlight control operation is performed to apply the driving current, in correspondence with the extracted driving current value and backlight control range, into the backlight 13 via the power supply 17 (step S 16 ).
- the backlight driving current value which is preferably inversely proportional to the detected intensity of surrounding light
- the microcomputer 16 searches through the memory 21 , verifies the backlight control range of the table number # 4 that corresponds with the condition and sets the backlight control range at maximum of 25%. Afterwards, the backlight driving current value, which is preferably inversely proportional to the detected intensity of surrounding light, is searched and extracted from the memory 21 . Then, the backlight control operation is performed to apply the driving current, in correspondence with the extracted driving current value and backlight control range, into the backlight 13 via the power supply 17 (step S 18 ). As shown in FIG. 4, after the driving current is applied (steps S 12 , S 14 , S 16 , S 18 ), the process ends.
- the driving current is applied (steps S 12 , S 14 , S 16 , S 18 )
- preferred embodiments according to the present invention utilized a single battery source and corresponding set of backlight control ranges.
- the present invention is not intended to be so limited.
- a plurality of batteries could be used with external power where each battery was assigned a set of power conserving backlight control ranges that maintained brightness of an LCD that uses both external and backlight sources.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and in particular to a backlight control device and method of a liquid crystal display device.
- 2. Background of the Related Art
- Generally, various handheld electronics equipped with an LCD, such as a notebook computer, a personal digital assistance (PDA) and a web pad, contain a backlight control device to control variable brightness or to maintain the brightness of the LCDs. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a backlight control device of a related art LCD. As shown in FIG. 1, the backlight control device includes a
backlight lamp 3 mounted on the back of anLCD 1 to emit light, and atranslucent mirror 2 having an intermittent form with multiple slits evenly spread out is mounted in between thebacklight lamp 3 and theLCD 1 to enable use of light sources from both thebacklight lamp 3 and external or ambient light. A light-sensor 4 measures intensity of the external or surrounding light, and an A/D converter 5 converts an electric signal, detected and generated by the light-sensor 4, into a digital signal. A power supply 7 converts the battery power or the external power source into a fixed amount driving current and then supplies the driving current to thebacklight lamp 3. A microcomputer 6 selectively stops the driving current to thebacklight lamp 3 according to the intensity of surrounding light detected by the light-sensor 4 and the A/D converter 5. Akeyboard 9 is for a user to provide input via keys, and a keyboard controller 8 is for outputting key values, in correspondence with the key inputs, through the microcomputer 6. - An LCD type, which can utilize light sources from the
backlight lamp 3 and the external light by placing thetranslucent mirror 2 in between theLCD 1 and thebacklight lamp 3, is normally referred to as a reflective liquid crystal display. The power supply 7 uses an inverter to convert power into the driving current having the fixed amount. - The power supply7 converts and supplies power into the fixed amount driving current, for example, a minimum of 1 mA to a maximum of 6 mA current, according to control of the microcomputer 6. The driving current then either emits the
backlight lamp 3, or the driving current of thebacklight lamp 3 is selectively cut-off according to control of the microcomputer 6. - In the case where intensity of surrounding light, detected by the light-
sensor 4, meets the necessary light intensity to maintain the brightness of the reflective LCD without the backlight, the microcomputer 6 operates and controls the power supply 7, as described above, to cut-off the power supplied into thebacklight lamp 3. Therefore, when the external light is enough to maintain the brightness of the reflective LCD, unnecessary use of battery power, that is used to emit the backlight, is prevented. - However, as described above the related art LCD backlight control method has various disadvantages. There exists a demand to increase or maximize the limited battery life by controlling the backlight operation, which consumes approximately 30% more power, more efficiently in the handheld electronics equipped with a reflective LCD.
- The above references are incorporated by reference herein where appropriate for appropriate teachings of additional or alternative details, features and/or technical background.
- An object of the invention is to solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described hereinafter.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a backlight control device and method for a liquid crystal display (LCD) that controls the brightness of a backlight of the LCD, which can utilize light sources from both the external light and the backlight, according to intensity of surrounding light.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a backlight control device and method for an LCD to control the backlight operation depending on an intensity of surrounding light within a selected backlight control range that is selected from a plurality of backlight control ranges.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a backlight control device and method for an LCD that controls backlight operations depending on an intensity of surrounding light within a selected backlight control range that is selected from backlight control ranges that are determined into various levels according to the intensity of surrounding light and use of a battery or an external power source.
- In order to achieve at least the above objects in a whole or in part, a backlight control device of an LCD in accordance with the present invention includes a backlight device that is capable of providing light to a display, a single light-sensor, wherein the single light sensor detects intensity of the ambient light, a power supply that selects either a battery or an external power source as a power source to provide driving power of the backlight device, a power source detector that detects the power source that provides the driving power of the backlight device and a backlight control device that comprises a control unit that controls the power supply to apply a backlight driving current in proportion to the detected intensity of the ambient light within a selected one of a plurality of backlight control ranges, wherein the plurality of backlight control ranges are designated into levels according to the ambient light intensity and the power source.
- To further achieve at least the above objects in a whole or in part, in accordance with the present invention there is provided a brightness control method of an LCD that includes detecting a selected one of a plurality of power sources supplying a backlight, detecting intensity of surrounding light impinging the LCD, determining a plurality of backlight control ranges having different levels according to the surrounding light intensity and a power source, selecting a range from the backlight control ranges according to the detected surrounding light intensity and the detected power source and controlling a backlight driving current in proportion to the detected surrounding light intensity according to the selected backlight control range applied to the backlight.
- Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained as particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
- The invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements wherein:
- FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a backlight control device of a related art LCD;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a backlight control device of an LCD according to the present invention;
- FIGS. 3a and 3 b are diagrams that show backlight control ranges, and exemplary backlight driving current having a prescribed relationship to intensity of surrounding light of the present invention; and
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a preferred embodiment of an LCD backlight control method according to the present invention.
- In order that the invention may be fully understood, preferred embodiments thereof will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a backlight control device of an LCD according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the backlight control device includes an
LCD 11, abacklight 13, atranslucent mirror 12, a light-sensor 14, an A/D converter 15, apower supply 17, akeyboard 19 and akeyboard controller 19, which are similar to related art described above with reference to FIG. 1. Accordingly, a detailed description is omitted here. - The preferred embodiment of the backlight control device as shown in FIG. 2 further includes a
power source detector 20 that detects whether power is supplied from the battery or the external power source, amicrocomputer 16 that determines and controls backlight control ranges into various levels based upon the detected power source and the intensity of surrounding light detected by the light-sensor 14, and amemory 21 that preferably stores the control data for the backlight control ranges that are determined into various levels. - In the
power supply 17, an inverter can be used to convert and supply power of a fixed amount from the battery or the external power. Further, thepower supply 17, in accordance with control of themicrocomputer 16, can convert power from the battery or the external power into the fixed amount driving current, for example, having a value between a minimum or reduced driving current of 1 mA and a maximum or high driving current of 6 mA to illuminate the backlight. - Moreover, in the
microcomputer 16, a control range is to be selected from the backlight control ranges that are defined into various levels preferably in accordance with the intensity of surrounding light detected by the light-sensor 14 and the source power detected by thepower source detector 20. As shown in FIG. 3a, exemplary backlight control ranges are defined into various table numbers (e.g.,Table Number # 1, #2, #3, #4) when stored into thememory 21. - In the
table number # 1 control range, control data for setting the backlight control range up to maximum of 100% is stored for the case where AC power is used as a source power with ambient light. In thetable number # 2 control range, the control data for setting the backlight control range up to maximum of 75% is stored for the case where a battery is being used as a source power, and the detected current, in correspondence with the intensity of surrounding light, meets the value of aLevel 1 standard by being between 4 mA and 9 mA. In thetable number # 3 control range, the control data for setting the backlight control range up to a maximum of 50% is stored for the case where a battery is being used as a source power, and the detected current, in correspondence with the intensity of surrounding light, meets the value of aLevel 2 standard by being between 10 mA and 14 mA. In thetable number # 4 control range, the control data for setting the backlight control range up to maximum of 25% is stored, in the case where a battery is being used as a source power, and the detected current, in correspondence with the intensity of surrounding light, meets the value of aLevel 3 standard by being between 15 mA and 20 mA. The above ranges can be increased in number or have alternative maximums and therefore are not intended to limit the preferred embodiments of the present invention. - The data of the backlight driving current value, which is preferably inversely proportional to the intensity of surrounding light detected by the light-sensor, is stored into the
memory 21. However, the present invention is not intended to be so limited as other relationships could be defined therebetween. As shown in FIG. 3b, the backlight driving current is shown in the form of a graph. - In the
microcomputer 16, the backlight control ranges are defined into various levels at maximum 75%, 50% and 25% and a control range is restrictively selected. Further, the backlight control operations, which apply the backlight driving current that is inversely proportional to the intensity of surrounding light within the control range, is preferably automatically performed. - FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a preferred embodiment of an LCD backlight control method according to the present invention. The preferred embodiment of the LCD backlight control method, for example, can be performed by the backlight control device of FIG. 2, and will be described with reference to the same. However, the present invention is not intended to be so limited.
- As shown in FIG. 4, after a process starts, the
power source detector 20 detects whether the power supplied into a system is from a battery or from external power, then outputs it through themicrocomputer 16. Further, moreover, the light-sensor 14 outputs an electric signal that corresponds to the intensity of surrounding light, preferably through the A/D converter 15, and the A/D converter 15 converts the electric signal into a digital signal for transmitting to the microcomputer 16 (step S10). - Therefore, the source power, being used as the system power, and the intensity of surrounding light are known in the
microcomputer 16. In the case where the source power is an applied AC power (step S11), themicrocomputer 16 preferably searches through thememory 21, verifies the backlight control range of thetable number # 1 that corresponds with the condition and then sets the backlight control range to the corresponding range, e.g., up to the maximum of 100%. Hereinafter, the backlight driving current value, which is preferably inversely proportional to the detected intensity of surrounding light, is searched and extracted from thememory 21. Then, the backlight control operation is performed to apply the driving current, in correspondence with the extracted driving current value and backlight control range, into thebacklight 13 via the power supply 17 (step S12). In addition, when the external AC power is used, an automatic control operation described previously, which varies the driving current that is applied into thebacklight 13 is preferably optional and can be ignored. - When the verified source power is not the AC power, meaning a battery (or a selected one of batteries) is being used as a source power, and the detected current, in correspondence with the intensity of surrounding light, meets the value of the
level 1 standard (e.g., between 4 mA and 9 mA) (step S13), themicrocomputer 16 searches through thememory 21, verifies the backlight control range of thetable number # 2 that corresponds with the condition and then sets the backlight control range up to a maximum of 75%. The backlight driving current value, preferably inversely proportional to the detected intensity of surrounding light, is searched and extracted from thememory 21. Then, the backlight control operation is performed to apply the driving current, in correspondence with the extracted driving current value and backlight control range, into thebacklight 13 via the power supply 17 (step S14). - When the verified source power is a battery, and the detected current, in correspondence with the intensity of surrounding light, meets the value of the
level 2 standard (e.g., between 10 mA and 14 mA) (step S15), themicrocomputer 16 searches through thememory 21, verifies the backlight control range of thetable number # 3 that corresponds with the condition and sets the backlight control range up to a maximum of 50%. Then, the backlight driving current value, which is preferably inversely proportional to the detected intensity of surrounding light, is searched and extracted from thememory 21. Then, the backlight control operation is performed to apply the driving current, in correspondence with the extracted driving current value and backlight control range, into thebacklight 13 via the power supply 17 (step S16). - When the verified source power is a battery, and the detected current, in correspondence with the intensity of surrounding light, meets the value of the
level 3 standard (e.g., between 15 mA and 20 mA) (step S17), themicrocomputer 16 searches through thememory 21, verifies the backlight control range of thetable number # 4 that corresponds with the condition and sets the backlight control range at maximum of 25%. Afterwards, the backlight driving current value, which is preferably inversely proportional to the detected intensity of surrounding light, is searched and extracted from thememory 21. Then, the backlight control operation is performed to apply the driving current, in correspondence with the extracted driving current value and backlight control range, into thebacklight 13 via the power supply 17 (step S18). As shown in FIG. 4, after the driving current is applied (steps S12, S14, S16, S18), the process ends. - As described above, preferred embodiments according to the present invention utilized a single battery source and corresponding set of backlight control ranges. However, the present invention is not intended to be so limited. For example, a plurality of batteries could be used with external power where each battery was assigned a set of power conserving backlight control ranges that maintained brightness of an LCD that uses both external and backlight sources.
- As described above, preferred embodiments of an LCD backlight control device and method have various advantages. The preferred embodiments of the LCD backlight control device and method is applicable to maintain the brightness of the reflective LCD, that can utilize light sources from both the backlight and the external light. Further, battery usage and overall power consumption for backlighting can be reduced or minimized and handheld electronic devices equipped with the reflective LCD are able to extend battery life.
- The foregoing embodiments and advantages are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. The present teaching can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses. The description of the present invention is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit the scope of the claims. Many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. In the claims, means-plus-function clauses are intended to cover the structures described herein as performing the recited function and not only structural equivalents but also equivalent structures.
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